Actors on set of the film "The Longest Day" include Peter Lawford and Richard Todd.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 161.04
- Media URN:
- 1893
- Group:
- Colour pictorials
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 16/10/1961
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
Unknown user says
"Orme River" should read Orne River.
Seen at 00:59 is Sean Connery.
At 01:03, actor Norman Rossington is shown how to operate his rifle.
Unknown user says
Many thanks. Good to see a pre-Bond Sean Connery.
Unknown user says
More colour footage of the filming of The Longest Day can be seen in clip 3271.09.
Unknown user says
This isn't the longest day its "a bridge too far"
Unknown user says
With reference to the previous comment this is very definitely The Longest Day and not "A Bridge Too Far", as confirmed by the presence here of Peter Lawford and Richard Todd. Note also the date of 1961, whereas A Bridge Too Far wasn't made until 1977.
palacky says
Bonjour
Seen at 00:44 is Major John Howard (1912-1999).
In your description it is said : "Pegasus Bridge has been reconstructed". Actually it is wrong. Maybe you meant that the battle was reconstructed but the bridge itself wasn't destroyed and it was used until its replacement in 1994 by a larger bridge.
https://musee.memorial-pegasus.com/en/pegasus-bridge/
Now the original bridge seen on these footages can be visited in the nearby museum :
I would recommend this visit to anyone interested in the events of the D-Day.
I live in Bénouville.